The newborn actively learns the world and quickly masters new movements. Daily he practises and strengthens the muscles. Approximately in 4 months the baby learns to turn over from a back on a tummy and from a stomach on a back. Parents perceive this long-awaited movement with great pleasure. It expands possibilities of the kid. There are several exercises which help the baby to master revolutions.
Instruction
1. Provoke the kid to turn over. He has to be interested in the new movement. For this purpose show it an interesting toy or a rattle which he loves. Let he will observe it. Do not give it in hands, and put aside so that the child saw a toy. He has to have an incentive to master the new movement. Having become interested, he will try to replace the situation. It provokes development of a revolution.
2. Show to the baby as it can turn over. Put it on a back. Take his left leg for a shin, bend in a knee and cross over right. Lower a leg to a table surface, pull it a little that the coxofemoral joint moved after it. The child will try to turn over because this situation very inconvenient. Continue to cross legs until the kid turns over, help him, raising a back at the left. Repeat exercise with the right leg.
3. Stretch to the kid lying on a back, a forefinger. Let he will seize him. Now pull a hand aside. The kid will follow your movement. Having appeared in an uncomfortable position, he will try to replace it. Moving legs, the kid will seek to turn over. After the revolution help it to accept a comfortable position. Mass a back the stroking movements. Often one hand is pressed by a body. Let the kid will independently try to release it if he does not cope, help him.
4. It is more difficult to teach the kid to turn over from a stomach on a back. Help it to make this movement. Slightly turn its basin that the child after this the movement tried to turn over completely.
5. The most difficult in a revolution from a tummy is an ability of the kid to pull out hands from under itself. Handles still very weak, and the child often helplessly flounders, trying to release them. In such attempts help him, raise handles at the level of shoulders that the kid could lean on them. Smoothly turn it, showing as it will do it. Your help will be required until muscles of hands do not get stronger. But be not fond. Give to the child the chance to practise independently.